John Rylands Library

building on Deansgate in Manchester, England
Organization university_library Q1236267
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John Rylands Library

Summary

John Rylands Library is a university library[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of university_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,123 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • John Rylands Library is located in Manchester[3].
  • John Rylands Library is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • John Rylands Library's instance of is recorded as university library[5].
  • John Rylands Library's instance of is recorded as building[6].
  • John Rylands Library's architect is recorded as Basil Champneys[7].
  • John Rylands Library's founder is recorded as Enriqueta Augustina Rylands[8].
  • John Rylands Library's architectural style is recorded as Gothic Revival[9].
  • John Rylands Library is part of University of Manchester Library[10].
  • John Rylands Library's Commons category is recorded as John Rylands Library, Deansgate[11].
  • 1899 marks the founding of John Rylands Library[12].
  • John Rylands Library's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ8356898213[13].
  • John Rylands Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.4803, 'lon': -2.2487}[14].
  • John Rylands Library's located on street is recorded as Deansgate[15].
  • John Rylands Library's official website is recorded as http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk[16].
  • John Rylands Library's topic's main category is recorded as Category:John Rylands Research Institute and Library[17].
  • John Rylands Library's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[18].
  • John Rylands Library's has characteristic is recorded as tourist attraction[19].
  • John Rylands Library's different from is recorded as Rylands Building[20].
  • John Rylands Library's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of John Rylands Library, Deansgate[21].
  • John Rylands Library's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[22].
  • John Rylands Library's category for the exterior of the item is recorded as Category:Exterior of John Rylands Library, Deansgate[23].
  • John Rylands Library's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15994'}[24].
  • John Rylands Library's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15090'}[25].
  • John Rylands Library's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+17099'}[26].
  • John Rylands Library's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18350'}[27].

Body

Founding

John Rylands Library's founder is recorded as Enriqueta Augustina Rylands[8]. 1899 marks the founding of it[12].

Identity

John Rylands Library is part of University of Manchester Library[10].

Why It Matters

John Rylands Library ranks in the top 5% of university_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,123 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'eu', 'fr', 'id', 'ko', 'la', 'nl', 'ru', 'si', '
    Gnd id → 1005764-X
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 10w ago · Edward · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap way id → 29460499
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  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Keiser
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  4. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → university library, building
    Has characteristic → tourist attraction
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  5. 22w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located on street → Deansgate
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of John Rylands Library, Deansgate
    Architect → Basil Champneys
    Founder → Enriqueta Augustina Rylands
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "JohnRylandsLibrary::2pkkm"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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